Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
| Saigon Opera House | |
|---|---|
Nhà hát Thành phố | |
The opera house in 2014 | |
Interactive map of the Saigon Opera House area | |
| Alternative names | Municipal Opera House |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Opera house, municipal theater |
| Architectural style | Flamboyant |
| Location | 7 Lam Son Square, Saigon ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 10°46′36.12″N 106°42′11.59″E / 10.7767000°N 106.7032194°E |
| Construction started | 1898 |
| Opened | 1 January 1900 |
| Renovated | 1955, 1998, 2007-2009 |
| Renovation cost | VND$25 billion (~US$3.3 million in 2024) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Félix Olivier |
| Civil engineer | Ernst Guichard, Eugène Ferret |
| Other information | |
| Seating type | Cushion |
| Seating capacity | 500 |
| Public transit access | 1 Opera House station |
| Website | |
| saigonconcert | |
Saigon Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát Thành phố, French: Théâtre Municipal de Saïgon) is a municipal opera house in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Like other French-built opera houses during French colonial period, including Hanoi Opera House and Haiphong Opera House, it is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam.
Designed by French architects as the Opéra de Saïgon, the building was completed in 1900. The 500-seat building served as the house of the unicameral National Assembly from 1956 until 1967 and subsequently as the seat of bicameral chambers: Lower House (Hạ Nghị Viện) and a Senate or Upper House (Thượng Nghị Viện) of the National Assembly of South Vietnam. It housed the People's Congress of Deputies (Đại hội đại biểu Nhân dân) of the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975. It was not until 1976 that it was again used as a theatre. The façade was restored in 1998.